German Chancellor Angela Merkel this year once again tops the list of the most powerful women of the world, published yearly by Forbes magazine. It's the ninth time Merkel occupies the first line since the first rating was published in 2004. Top 10 most powerful ladies in 2014 in this photo gallery by ITAR-TASS.
World's Top 10 most powerful women in 2014
Forbes has published its list of Top 10 most powerful women of the world
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German Chancelor Angela Merkel
© ЕРА/STEPHANIE PILICK Chair of the US Federal Reserve Janet Yellen
© ЕРА/MICHAEL REYNOLDS Co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the wife of Bill GatesMelinda Gates
© ЕРА/ALESSANDRO DELLA BELLA Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff
© ITAR-TASS/Zurab Dzhavakhadze Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde
© ЕРА/LUCAS DOLEGA Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
© ЕРА Chief Executive Officer of General Motors Mary Barra
© ЕРА/MICHAEL REYNOLDS US First Lady Michelle Obama
© ЕРА/TANNEN MAURY Chief operating officer of Facebook Sheryl Sandberg
© ЕРА/KEITH BEDFORD Chairman and CEO of IBM Virginia Rometty
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